As there isn't a thread to really address this in the News Clippings section, I thought some of you might like to read the real "open letter to CNN" sent by Napas Na Pombejra. I was saddened by the rude nature of the satire that was done on this very real issue. Although I always tried to critically analyze the "news" from major outlets, I never realized how blatantly incorrect many of them are, and how shoddy the research done in some articles for major news outlets is, until I moved here.

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So much anger in the writing, i guess he/she (not sure if napas is a guys name or a girls name) was writing in the heat of the moment.

Personally, I can understand the frustration. It sells more to create a story of an underdog fighting against a repressive government than to report on the violent actions of a group that is comprised of paid thugs, the manipulated poor, drunken hooligans, and testosterone addled "big men". Once the paper trail has been exposed, these reporters will either conveniently forget their biased reporting, or complain that they didn't know, when a little research could have made things abundantly clear.

Such an objective letter!! Anyway, in case anyone is actually interested in facts (long shot but okay), the rebuttal is here:

http://us.asiancorrespondent.com/bangkok-p...e-really-biased

Dan Rivers already commented that he appreciated the excellent defense!

( Dan Rivers: Thank you Bangkok Pundit for your excellent defence of our reporting http://bit.ly/cqA7zF )

Maybe she/he should get her/his ass out to the streets and reporting by her/his self????

To complain other people is easy to do but to make it better by your self its another story.

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